Home is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Home typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Home, ~12% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Home compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Home leans more Republican than 16 of 28 neighbors.
Home runs about 46 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Home leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Home, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Home hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the Kansas average of 27%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Home is about 97%, well above similar-sized cities (around 82%).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Home, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Home looks the way it does
Turnout in Home sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Beattie, KS R+62
- Winifred, KS R+61
- Marysville, KS R+44
- Oketo, KS R+62
- Herkimer, KS R+59
- Frankfort, KS R+47
- Vliets, KS R+53
- Summerfield, KS R+62
- Axtell, KS R+62
- Barneston, NE R+62
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mountainaire, AZ R+12
- Hidden Timber, SD D+36
- Clifton Mills, WV R+63
- Derby, IN R+48
- South Prairie, ND R+64
- Durant, FL R+31
- East Leon, NY R+55
- Spink Colony, SD R+54
- Pearson, AL R+74
- Erwins, NY R+34
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Kansas Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.